ICBIB Doctoral Symposium

Date: October 31st, 2019
Venue: University of London, Senate House

Key Information

The ICBIB Doctoral Symposium welcomes submissions from doctoral candidates working in the field of Business Information Systems. The doctoral symposium allows doctoral students to discuss and obtain feedback on their preliminary research work from experienced researchers. In addition, the doctoral symposium will offer keynotes provided by experts in supervising PhD students and examining doctoral theses to guide students to successfully complete their doctoral journey.

Please note that while this doctoral symposium is part of the 2019 International Conference on Big Data in Business (ICBIB) being held on October 29th and 30th, 2019, the registration process and fee is separate.

Keynote Speakers

Professor Rachel McLean, Past President of the UK Academy of Information Systems Director, Liverpool Screen School, Liverpool John Moores University
Keynote - Launching Your Career as an Academic

Dr. Mahmood Shah, Senior Lecturer in E-Business, School of Strategy and Leadership, Coventry University, UK
Keynote - Doing well in a PhD Viva: An Examiner's perspective

Professor Jyoti Choudrie, Professor, Information Systems Hertfordshire Business School
Management, Leadership and Organisation (MLO)
Keynote - The role of the supervisor in the PhD journey

Dr. Nisreen Ameen, Lecturer in Marketing, School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London
Keynote - Surviving your PhD journey: A reflection

Who should attend?
We encourage submissions from doctoral students and researchers. Authors, whose extended abstracts are accepted, will have the opportunity to present their work during the doctoral symposium and obtain feedback and will be asked questions by the experts as well as other doctoral researchers attending on the day.

Why should you attend?
You will gain:

• An opportunity to present your PhD research work (at any stage) and obtain feedback from key experts in the field

• An opportunity to gain an insight on the successful doctoral research from the students, supervisors and examiners’ perspectives

• Exposure to other doctoral students’ research and learning from their experience

Extended abstract submission deadline: 15th of September 2019
Notification of acceptance:1st of October 2019
Camera ready deadline: 15th of October 2019
Doctoral Symposium: 31st of October 2019
Venue: University of London, Senate House
Address: Senate House University of London, Malet St, London WC1E 7HU